Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682

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The Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682 was a landmark Gallican statement asserting the limited authority of the pope in temporal and certain ecclesiastical matters and affirming the relative independence of the French Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gallican statement
document of the Catholic Church in France
ecclesiastical declaration
aimedAt affirming the autonomy of the French crown in temporal matters
limiting papal intervention in French ecclesiastical affairs
alsoKnownAs Four Gallican Articles
Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682
surface form: Gallican Articles of 1682
asserts limited authority of the pope in temporal matters
relative independence of the French Church from papal control
that kings are not subject to ecclesiastical power in temporal matters
that papal authority must respect the canons and customs of the Church of France
that papal decisions are not irreformable without the consent of the Church
author Assembly of the French clergy
contains four articles
country Kingdom of France
criticizedBy Pope Innocent XI
Holy See
surface form: the Holy See
date 1682
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Catholic Church in France
surface form: French Catholic Church
followedBy later papal condemnations of Gallican propositions
historicalSignificance key text in the development of Gallican ecclesiology
major episode in the conflict between French monarchy and papacy
influencedBy Conciliar movement
surface form: Conciliarism

Council of Basel
Council of Constance
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
language French
legalEffect codified Gallican liberties in the Kingdom of France
legalStatus basis for Gallican liberties in France until the French Revolution
opposedDoctrine papal absolutism
ultramontanism
patron Louis XIV of France
place France
politicalContext reign of Louis XIV of France
prefigures later debates on papal infallibility
relatedTo French Catholic Church–state relations
Gallicanism
absolutism of Louis XIV
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
subject papal authority
rights and liberties of national churches
temporal power of kings
supports Gallicanism
surface form: Gallican liberties

royal control over the French Church
theologicalSchool Gallicanism
timePeriod 17th century

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Gallicanism codifiedIn Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682
Gallicanism associatedWithEvent Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682
Gallicanism keyText Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682
Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682 alsoKnownAs Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682
this entity surface form: Gallican Articles of 1682
Pope Innocent XI condemned Declaration of the Clergy of France of 1682
this entity surface form: Declaration of the Clergy of France (1682)